#84 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/84/ Practical remedies to disputes over historical markers in public spaces Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:49:06 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://contestedhistories.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-CH_Symbol_Light_Bkg@10x-32x32.png #84 Archives - Contested Histories https://contestedhistories.org/tag/84/ 32 32 Mussolini Bas-Relief in Bolzano https://contestedhistories.org/resources/case-studies/mussolini-bas-relief-in-bolzano?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mussolini-bas-relief-in-bolzano Tue, 01 Feb 2022 09:43:03 +0000 https://contestedhistories.org/resources// Unlike many monuments of past fascist leaders that have been eradicated throughout Europe, Bolzano, the capital of South Tyrol, Italy, still includes a monumental bas-relief that depicts Benito Mussolini and reminds locals of the Mussolini Fascist regime of Italy. For fifty years, the bas-relief divided opinions between left-wing groups, who argued for removal, and neo-fascist […]

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]]> Unlike many monuments of past fascist leaders that have been eradicated throughout Europe, Bolzano, the capital of South Tyrol, Italy, still includes a monumental bas-relief that depicts Benito Mussolini and reminds locals of the Mussolini Fascist regime of Italy. For fifty years, the bas-relief divided opinions between left-wing groups, who argued for removal, and neo-fascist groups, who argued for it to remain untouched. It remained as the centre of protests for glorifying fascism and reminded both South Tyrol’s Italian-speaking and non-Italian-speaking citizens of a difficult past. This case study examines how artistic interventions can serve as a means to recontextualise a painful historical legacy.

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